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        "text": "Updated mount packages fixing a potential security problem are available.",
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        "text": "If any swap files were created during installation of Red Hat Linux 7.1 \n(they were created during updates if the user requested it), they were \nworld-readable, meaning every user could read data in the swap file(s), \npossibly including passwords.\n\nThe affected swap files are called /mountpoint/SWAP and \n/mountpoint/SWAP-(numeral)\n\nAlso, this release of mount enforces sane permissions on swap space.",
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        "text": "This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original.",
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    "title": "Red Hat Security Advisory: : Updated mount package available",
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          "text": "Red Hat Linux 7.1 sets insecure permissions on swap files created during installation, which can allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges by reading sensitive information from the swap file, such as passwords.",
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          "summary": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2001-0635",
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          "details": "Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata\nrelevant to your system have been applied.\n\nTo update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run:\n\nrpm -Fvh [filenames]\n\nwhere [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade.  Only those\nRPMs which are currently installed will be updated.  Those RPMs which are\nnot installed but included in the list will not be updated.  Note that you\ncan also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains\nthe\ndesired RPMs.\n\nPlease note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network.  Many\npeople find this an easier way to apply updates.  To use Red Hat Network,\nlaunch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:\n\nup2date\n\nThis will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate\nRPMs being upgraded on your system.",
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